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UNINA9910781841103321 |
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Titolo |
Perspectives on grammaticalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William Pagliuca |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-31289-1 |
9786613312891 |
90-272-7675-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 109 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PERSPECTIVES ON GRAMMATICALIZATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; Introduction; I. Groundwork; Ritualization and the Development of Language; Phonogenesis; II. Case Studies; The Grammaticalization of French à; The Development of the Definite Article in French; Grammaticization as Semantic Change: A Case Study of Preposition Development; The Grammaticalization of the Perfect in Old English: An Account Based on Pragmatics and Metaphor; Talking Perfectly: Discourse Origins of the Present Perfect |
Diachrony of Clause Linkage: TE and BA in Old through Middle Japanese The Co-Development of Finiteness and Focus in Sinhala; Discourse Morphology: A Missing Link to Cyclical Grammatical Change; Word Order Change as Category Change: The Mande Case; III. Universals and Explanation; The Grammaticization of Zero: Asymmetries in Tense and Aspect Systems; Grammaticalization as an Explanatory Parameter; Language Index; Name Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the second of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM linguistics Symposium held in Milwaukee in 1990. It focuses on the evolution of grammatical form and meaning from lexical material, which has reinvigorated historical analysis and theory and led to advances in the understanding of the relation |
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